Ezekiel 19 – NIRV & NAV

New International Reader’s Version

Ezekiel 19:1-14

A Song of Sadness About Israel’s Princes

1“Sing a song of sadness about Israel’s princes. 2Say to Israel,

“ ‘You were like a mother lion to your princes.

She lay down among the lions.

She brought up her cubs.

3One of them was Jehoahaz.

He became a strong lion.

He learned to tear apart what he caught.

And he became a man-eater.

4The nations heard about him.

They trapped him in their pit.

They put hooks in his face.

And they led him away to Egypt.

5“ ‘The mother lion looked and waited.

But all her hope was gone.

So she got another one of her cubs.

She made him into a strong lion.

6He prowled with the lions.

He became very strong.

He learned to tear apart what he caught.

And he became a man-eater.

7He broke down their forts.

He completely destroyed their towns.

The land and all those who were in it

were terrified when he roared.

8Then nations came against him.

They came from all around him.

They spread out their net to catch him.

He was trapped in their pit.

9They used hooks to pull him into a cage.

They brought him to the king of Babylon.

They put him in prison.

So his roar was not heard anymore

on the mountains of Israel.

10“ ‘Israel, you were like a vine in a vineyard.

It was planted near water.

It had a lot of fruit and many branches.

There was plenty of water.

11Its branches were strong.

Each was good enough to be made into a ruler’s scepter.

The vine grew high

above all the leaves.

It stood out because it was so tall

and had so many branches.

12But Nebuchadnezzar became angry.

He pulled it up by its roots.

He threw it to the ground.

The east wind dried it up.

Its fruit was stripped off.

Its strong branches dried up.

And fire destroyed them.

13Now it is planted in the Babylonian desert.

It is in a dry and thirsty land.

14One of its main branches was Zedekiah.

Fire spread from it and burned up its fruit.

None of its branches is good enough

to be made into a ruler’s scepter.’

This is a song of sadness. And that is how it should be used.”

Ketab El Hayat

حزقيال 19:1-14

مرثية أمراء إسرائيل

1أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَاتْلُ مَرْثَاةً عَلَى رُؤَسَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: 2وَقُلْ: مَاذَا كَانَتْ أُمُّكَ؟ لَبْوَةً رَبَضَتْ بَيْنَ الأُسُودِ وَرَبَّتْ جِرَاءَهَا بَيْنَ الأَشْبَالِ. 3حَتَّى إِذَا كَبُرَ أَحَدُ جِرَائِهَا وَصَارَ شِبْلاً، وَتَعَلَّمَ الصَّيْدَ، أَكَلَ النَّاسَ. 4وَعِنْدَمَا بَلَغَ أَمْرُهُ الأُمَمَ وَقَعَ فِي حُفْرَتِهِمْ، فَأَخَذُوهُ مَسُوقاً بِخَزَائِمِهِ إِلَى دِيَارِ مِصْرَ. 5وَعِنْدَمَا أَدْرَكَتْ فِي أَثْنَاءِ انْتِظَارِهَا أَنَّ رَجَاءَهَا قَدْ هَلَكَ، أَخَذَتْ جِرْواً آخَرَ وَجَعَلَتْهُ شِبْلاً. 6فَتَمَشَّى بَيْنَ الأُسُودِ وَصَارَ شِبْلاً وَتَعَلَّمَ الصَّيْدَ، وَأَكَلَ النَّاسَ، 7وَهَدَمَ قُصُورَهُمْ وَخَرَّبَ مُدُنَهُمْ، فَارْتَعَبَتِ الأَرْضُ وَمَنْ فِيهَا مِنْ زَمْجَرَةِ زَئِيرِهِ، 8فَاجْتَمَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ الأُمَمُ مِنْ كُلِّ صَوْبٍ، وَأَلْقَوْا عَلَيْهِ شَبَكَتَهُمْ فَوَقَعَ فِي حُفْرَتِهِمْ، 9فَسَاقُوهُ بِخَزَائِمَ وَزَجُّوهُ فِي قَفَصٍ وَأَحْضَرُوهُ إِلَى مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، وَاعْتَقَلُوهُ فِي قِلاعٍ لِكَيْلا تَتَرَدَّدَ أَصْدَاءُ صَوْتِهِ بَعْدُ فَوْقَ جِبَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

10أُمُّكَ كَكَرْمَةٍ مِثْلَكَ غُرِسَتْ إِلَى جُوَارِ الْمِيَاهِ، فَأَثْمَرَتْ وَأَفْرَخَتْ لِغَزَارَةِ الْمِيَاهِ. 11فُرُوعُهَا مَتِينَةٌ تَصْلُحُ صَوْلَجَاناً لِلْمُتَسَلِّطِينَ، وَانْتَصَبَ سَاقُهَا عَالِياً بَيْنَ الأَغْصَانِ الْكَثِيفَةِ، فَبَدَتْ شَامِخَةً لِلْعَيَانِ بِفَضْلِ أَغصَانِهَا الْكَثِيرَةِ. 12لَكِنَّهَا اقْتُلِعَتْ بِحَنَقٍ وَطُرِحَتْ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، فَيَبَّسَتِ الرِّيحُ الشَّرْقِيَّةُ أَثْمَارَهَا، وَقَصَفَتْ فُرُوعَهَا الْقَوِيَّةَ حَتَّى جَفَّتْ فَالْتَهَمَتْهَا النِّيرَانُ. 13وَهَا هِيَ الآنَ مَغْرُوسَةٌ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ، فِي أَرْضٍ جَدْبَاءَ ظَمْأَى. 14وَانْدَلَعَتْ نَارٌ مِنْ فَرْعِهَا الْتَهَمَتْ أَغْصَانَهَا وَأَثْمَارَهَا، فَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهَا فَرْعٌ مَتِينٌ يَصْلُحُ لِصَوْلَجَانِ مُتَسَلِّطٍ. هَذِهِ مَرْثِيَّةٌ لِتَكُونَ قَصِيدَةَ رِثَاءٍ».